Author Archives: Emily Velasco

Emily is a communications specialist in the Office of Public Affairs and a Cal Poly Pomona alumna. She writes about the colleges of Science and Agriculture. Her other duties include wading through the murky world of social media.

A high-tech microscope is opening up new worlds to Cal Poly Pomona researchers, allowing them to see tiny structures and creatures in a different way. Typical microscopes provide a two-dimensional view of the object being studied, which limits what the…

Representatives from Cal Poly Pomona and Pomona Unified School District are being recognized at the White House this week due to a partnership the institutions developed to help underprivileged Hispanic youths get into college. The university has long had agreements…

Be warned! Cal Poly Pomona will soon be invaded by hordes of swarming insects and arachnids. None shall be spared their wrath. OK, maybe that’s being overly dramatic. On Oct. 17 and 18, the university will host its annual Insect…

A Tennessee native with a lifelong passion for horses and experiences that include marketing campaigns, coordinating sales and managing a farm has been selected as the new director of the W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center. Jeanne Brooks Abernathy comes to…

For over three decades, Doug Johnson has been leaving his mark on Cal Poly Pomona’s Department of Physics and Astronomy through eye-popping demonstrations, a well-supplied stockroom, and clean, organized labs. His “Physics Magic Shows,” an annual tradition for more than…

Cal Poly Pomona continues to be rated among the top colleges and universities in the Western United States, according to U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges 2016.” The university came in fourth among non-doctorate-granting public universities in the West,…

Cal Poly Pomona is notifying students that some of their personal data may have been compromised by a security breach on the network of a third-party vendor. The breach has affected seven CSU campuses. The vendor, We End Violence, provided…

Some of Southern California’s brightest thinkers and ­­doers gathered on the Cal Poly Pomona campus on Aug. 27 to tackle one of California’s thorniest issues — water. The SoCal Water Forum, hosted by the university and Congresswoman Grace Napolitano, brought…

Cal Poly Pomona is gearing up to replace its iconic but flawed CLA Building with a facility that will be worlds apart from its predecessor. While the CLA’s obelisk-like tower is an exercise in stark, abstract geometry, the Student Services…

Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend forums this month with the finalists for director of the W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center. Each of the finalists will appear at a forum at the Arabian horse center. They will give…